This challenge is designed for those poor, doomed, creative souls that can?t help but get a song stuck in their heads...and change the words!

All you have to do is choose a song, any song, and change the words depending on the challenge that you are given. For example, if the challenge is "Anakin and Padme," you could choose "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and change the words so that the song is about Anakin and Padme. I?m not sure how well that particular example would work, but you get the idea.

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/UserPages/Profile.aspx?user=Qui-Gon_Reborn]Qui-Gon Reborn[/link] is running the sock. She will post challenges periodically, depending upon how much Lord Real Life has eroded her defenses that week, and the players' responses.

Teh Rules

1. Try and pick a song that most people know. That?ll make voting for the winner a whole lot easier, not to mention increase your chances of winning!

2. Make sure that the original words to the song that you chose are clean and TOS-friendly. That helps us avoid a multitude of complications that will most certainly spoil everybody?s good time.

4. The length of the song doesn?t matter, but use your best judgment when deciding which song to use. Are most people likely to appreciate a four-line song?

5. After the due date, users will be given 48 hours to vote for their favorite entry. Votes should be PM-ed to the sock.

6. The winner does not receive colors, but earns the right to brag to the whole JCF that they?ve got the creativity to
join the ranks of Weird Al!

7. Any questions should be PM-ed to the sock.

8. Yes, the rules are simple, but this is in the best interests of making everybody's life nice and easy.

9. Have fun!

Challenge 1: Our Wars

We all love Star Wars, otherwise we wouldn?t be here! Change the words to any song so that the song is about Star Wars in real life.

This first challenge is really up to you. The song could be about your love of Star Wars, how Star Wars changed your life, Star Wars as a form of escape, Star Wars fans, why you love Star Wars...anything that you can think of pertaining to Star Wars and real life.

[link=http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/29588077/p1/?41]Here[/link] and [link=http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/29662622/p1/?12]here[/link] are some examples of parodied work to get you thinking.

You have until Monday, March 9, 2009 to post your work in this thread.

... I felt... compelled to do this... the song I chose is "My Town" by Montgomery Gentry....so, without further ado....

There's a "For Sale" sign on a big old trusty Falcon
You can't miss it, it was built in 1983
Just two listing down, a pale-blue vinyl ronto
With "I Love Jenny" Sharpied in bright green
Hey, that's vintage marvel, there by the ewok house
I'll be buying it all, before the listing goes down
And this is my fandom

(Na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my fandom
(Na, na, na, na.)
Hey!
Where I buy, Where I read
Where I keep all my figurines
Where I ranted off 'cos I got mad,
And it came to flames over one old man
Where I came back to read a new book
It's where Dark Horse wants me to give one more look:
This is my fandom.
(Na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my fandom
(Na, na, na, na.)
My fandom

There ain't much goin' on here since they released those stills.
But there's a new ebay ev'ry day at noon.
A bunch of us still gather, at the forums and clatter
I wonder if the live-action is still comin' soon
Come the Celebration service, in a few years
Well, the 501st will sure there to be found
And this is my fandom

(Na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my fandom
(Na, na, na, na.)
Hey!
Where I buy, Where I read
Where I keep all my figurines
Where I ranted off 'cos I got mad,
And it came to flames over one old man
Where I came back to read a new book
It's where Dark Horse wants me to give one more look:
This is my fandom.
(Na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my fandom
(Na, na, na, na.)
My fandom

Well, I made, and painted up a life-sized Falcon
You can't miss it, it's sittin' right there in my yard
The County came and gave me a ticket
Oh hey! It's Han in that Tatooine bar.
Ah, we're off to Celebration service, it' just next year,
And if we want a hotel, we better book right now.
And maybe later, Me and the Mando's will show you armoring,
Our fandom.

(Na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my fandom
(Na, na, na, na.)
Hey!
Where I buy, Where I read
Where I keep all my figurines
Where I ranted off 'cos I got mad,
And it came to flames over one old man
Where I came back to read a new book
It's where Dark Horse wants me to give one more look:
This is my fandom.
(Na, na, na, na.)
Yeah, this is my fandom
(Na, na, na, na.)
My fandom

Most sincere apologizes to Jon Bon Jovi?s Wanted Dead or Alive. And to Bon Jovi himself, of course.

They?re never the same, even the names will change
Everyday it seems I?m spending away
Another place where the original Luke Skywalker isn?t sold
I'd drive all night
Just to get that Han

I'm a collector, in a steel truck I drive
They?re wanted, just one or five
Wanted, just one or five

Sometimes I buy, sometimes it's not for days
And the trusty store-employees I meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes you tell the day
By the date on your receipt
And times when you're staring at your collection, even though you need to eat

I'm a collector, in a steel truck I drive
They?re wanted, just one or five
Wanted, just one or five

I walk these isles, a loaded wallet in my bag
I buy for keeps, 'cause there might be ?no returns?
I been everywhere, still I'm buying all
I've seen a million figurines
And I've got them all

I'm a collector, in a steel truck I ride
They?re wanted, just one or five
I'm a collector, I got the clerks on my side
They?re wanted, just one or five
Wanted, just one or five

Apologies to all of the fantastic members of Pink Floyd, with Another Brick in the Wall, Part Two.

We don't need no meditation
We don?t need no thought control
No witty humor in the Temple
Masters! Leave us Sith alone
Hey! Masters! Leave us Sith alone!
In day and in night, you?re just slaves to the light
In day and in night, you?re just slaves to the light

We do need dark education
We do need an empty soul
But please, no fake redemptions on the Death Star
Masters! Leave us Sith alone
Hey! Masters! Leave us Sith alone!
In day and in night, you?re just slaves to the light
In day and in night, you?re just slaves to the light

Song parodies are such an underappreciated genre, and I totally meant to reply to this in the first round. However, I'm going to submit an entry. In the interest of full disclosure, I posted a version of this nearly three years ago, but recently I went through it again and rewrote large portions of it and added an encore. It's about bad guys, and I love it, so even if you decide it shouldn't count I'm okay with it. I'm just happy to have an excuse to post the updated version.

As always, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.

Modern Major Canderousor, I am the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore

Canderous:
I am the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore
I've information present and of all things that have gone before
I know the Knights of Coruscant, and quote the fights historical
From Onderon to Malachor, in order categorical

I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters strategetical
I understand all tactics, both the real and hypothetical
About binomial entry codes I'm teeming with a lot o' facts
With many cheerful facts about the people we mean to attack

Chorus of Mandalorians:
With many cheerful facts about the people we mean to attack
With many cheerful facts about the people we mean to attack
With many cheerful facts about the people we mean to-a to attack

Canderous:
I'm very good with making sure our people are not penitent
I know the way to infiltrate all beings who are sentient
In short, in matters present and of all things that have gone before
I am the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore

Chorus of Mandalorians:
In short in matters present, and of all things that have gone before
He is the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore

Canderous:
I know our mythic history, of Revan and the great Sith War
I blast all en?my fighters, I've a taste for missiles that go far
I quote in elegiacs all the tales of flying Basilisks
And tell in gory detail all the times that I have taken risks

I can tell undoubted Jedi traps from many miles away in space
I know the number of grenades it takes to level Davik?s place
Then I can the difference ?tween two soldiers who look just the same
And tell all of the tales from that Knights of the Old Republic game

Chorus of Mandalorians:
And tell all of the tales from that Knights of the Old Republic game
And tell all of the tales from that Knights of the Old Republic game
And tell all of the tales from that Knights of the Old Republicpublic game

Canderous:
Then I can write a washing bill in some ancient Sith cuneiform
And tell you ev'ry detail of Darth Revan?s former uniform
In short, in matters present and of all things that have gone before
I am the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore

Chorus of Mandalorians:
In short, in matters present and of all things that have gone before
He is the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore

Canderous:
In fact, when I know what is meant by "rapid shot" and "force persuade"
When I can tell at sight a blaster rifle from a vibroblade
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat"

When I can hit a kill-shot from a dead run to a comfy walk
When I know more of tactics than a gizka on the Ebon Hawk
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
You'll say that Mandalore is just the greatest of this century

Chorus of Mandalorians:
You'll say that Mandalore is just the greatest of this century
You'll say that Mandalore is just the greatest of this century
You'll say that Mandalore is just the greatest of this centurcentury

Canderous:
For my military knowledge, of which I?ve acquired quite a sum
Has only been brought down e?er since the start of the millennium
But still, in matters present and in all things that have gone before
I am the model of the leader of the clans of Mandalore

Chorus of Mandalorians:
But still, in matters present and in all things that have gone before
He is the model of the leader of the c

Oh Commander... That was fantastic! I just had to play the song and try your lyrics for myself.

And I couldn't resist, I had to try my own hand at this. With apologies to Willie, and On the Road Again...

We lost again.
I can?t believe that we have lost again.
Despite two death stars and a billion men,
I can?t believe the Sith lost all again.

We lost again
I can?t believe that we have lost again.
Vader?s brain flipped out and his limbs got real bent,
I can?t believe the Sith have lost all again.

We lost it all again,
Disembodied ghost turned twerp to Jedi man.
And his stupid friends
Blasted Endor?s base and then our big shield went away.
And because of that,
We lost it all again.
By the Force, we lost it all again.
The Sith?s Empire will fade away again.
I can?t believe we lost it all again.

We lost it all again,
With broken dreams now we?ll fade back to hist?ry.
Because we lost again,
We?ll plot revenge till things finally go our way.
And our way
Is not to win again
No we?ll never ever ever win again,
Makes me glad I cloned myself on the planet Byss
But I can?t see how we?ll ever win again.
No there?s no way that we?ll ever win again.

This caught me right from the beginning, but somehow I can't make the song go anywhere. So, have fun with half of it.
(Frigging long song )

Matilda from Harry Belafonte...

Darth Vader, Darth Vader, Darth Vader
He fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Once again now
Darth Vader, Darth Vader, Darth Vader
He fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Five hundred Jedi friends I lost
Vader even kill the younglings and
Darth Vader, he fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Everybody!
Darth Vader Sing out the chorus,
Darth Vader Sing a little louder,
Darth Vader, he fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Once again now!
Darth Vader Going to the Dark Side
Darth Vader Now is a Sith Lord
Darth Vader, he fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Well, Mustafar is where it all began
Vader got a serious plan,
A-hey, ah!
Darth Vader, he fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Everybody!
Darth Vader
Darth Vader
Darth Vader, he fighting his Masta and jump in da lava
Once again now!
Darth Vader Going to the Dark Side
Darth Vader
Darth Vader, he fighting his Masta and jump in da lava

Sorry for the voting extensions, but it seems that this round was really, really close. The songs were so fantastic, I really LOL-ed reading all of them.

And, MsLanna, I had that song stuck in my head for hours!!

For your next challenge, you are to write a song about what is arguably one of the most poignant and mind-blowing on-screen events in Star Wars history: Order 66. The song can be funny, serious, or as ridiculous as you can imagine. Surprise us!

I won? Fo' shizzle? How the heck did that happen? Thanks very much everybody, I'm grateful for your votes! The other parodies were awesome, I didn't think I stood a chance. I'm applauding everybody for their hilarious entries--AND to the Sock, for their hard work.